existing

That exists, or has existence, especially that exists now.

Adjective

  1. That exists, or has existence, especially that exists now.
    • Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University...
    • In his favour, Beeching declared that he supported carrying on with the existing modernisation projects, but that the rest of the business needed root and branch reform. - 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the...

Synonyms

existent

Derived

nonexisting pre-existing unexisting

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of exist